Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Big Drop drops 497 vertical feet over 1,479 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 46° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Big Drop gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,020 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.